Philanthropy

LANHAM, Md. -- Safeway's Eastern Division contributed more than an estimated $10.1 million in cash and in-kind donations to non-profit agencies throughout the mid-Atlantic region (including Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Virginia) ...

SAN RAMON, Calif.--ChevronTexaco today announced it is contributing $500,000 as a founding sponsor to a major initiative led by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government to enhance corporate responsibility effectiveness in addressing some of the world'...

PITTSBURGH -- Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation today released combined community investment highlights of 2003 which included:

• $26.8 million in combined giving in Alcoa communities worldwide,
  
• a global Week of Service involving 6,000 Alcoa volunteers in...

CHICAGO - The world's only complete and conceptually coherent operating system for boards will be the focus of a major international conference being held in Chicago on June 10-12, 2004. Designed by Atlanta-based governance expert, Dr. John Carver, the Policy Governan...

Stockholm - The founders of Ethix have, together with the Nordic investment consultant Wassum created a joint holding company that owns Ethix SRI Advisors AB. The aim of the cooperation is to further develop and secure the market’s access to qualified services within ...

NEW YORK – Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, will play host to more than 600 “at risk” high school students this Friday, March 5 as part of “School to Work Day.” The program, which is designed to motivate students to stay in school and prepare for a career, will be held...

CHESTNUT HILL, MA – A new seminar from The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College looks at:

The Role of Community Involvement in Driving the New Corporate Citizenship
Mar 25-26, 2004 • San Francisco, CA

Accountability....

Dubai, UAE - Many of the world’s leading experts on corporate social responsibility (CSR) will be speaking at the Middle East’s first international forum on sustainable development to be held in Dubai on 25 and 26 April 2004. The ground-breaking First International C...

Portland, OR - Hailed as "first rate" and "inspiring" by The New York Times, Nike and White Bird are honored to present the award-winning Children of Uganda, Tour of Light 2004 on Wednesday, March 31, 7:30 p.m. at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall as a benefit perform...

WASHINGTON, DC - In the wake of recent research from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research indicating that only 32 percent of all high-school students are ready for college, the SBC Foundation - the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications Inc. - today announced...